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A negelected but symbolic mural will remain — at least for now — at the Bernal Heights Library while the building is renovated. Two sides of the painting on the 70-year-old library were recommended to be painted over, but community members stepped in to convince officials to leave the entire mural. The mural has become a lightning rod issue in a neighborhood that some say is becoming less and less diverse. races.  

AHNI: New Energy opens on Friday, November 6, 2009 at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts in the Chaney Gallery. The show, which runs through December 16, 2009, will feature AHNI, a well-known clothing artist and designer's paintings, prints and photography. An opening reception, held from 5:00 to 7:00 PM on November 6, will include an artist talk at 5:00 PM, light refreshments, a chance to view AHNI's art and converse with the talented artist about her work.  

Francesco Goya's ' Scene from the Spanish War of Independence' from the Museum of Arts in Budapest has been put on display at the Czartoryski Museum in Krakow. It was painted it in 1810, four years before the famous ' The Third of May, 1808. The Execution of the Defenders of Madrid' , in the collection of the Prado Museum in Madrid.  

Crystals and semiprecious stones are reputed to have almost magical healing properties. For Kathleen Thorsen, they actually worked -- and there was nothing magical about it. A year ago in September, the Port Colborne resident was diagnosed with a very serious type of ovarian cancer.  

A night of music and the visual arts is set to take place in an unexpected gallery – the serene settings of a spa. Tonight's event will feature the work of debut artist Michael DeSilva and his son Aaron, who will provide the music for the evening at the Samadhi Spa, at the Newstead Resort. Artist Mr. DeSilva rediscovered his artistic side two years ago after working as a pressman for 35 years.  

As part of the monthly meeting for the Schuylkill River Heritage Center, Chuck Hirsh's paintings of historical Phoenixville are on display at The Schuylkill River Heritage Center, located at 2 Main Street in Phoenixville. The artwork will be on display through the Thanksgiving holiday. Hirsh got into the art business after he started making copies of his mother's paintings for his siblings.  

Thomas Stewart Robertson captures the bitter coldness of a frigid northern night in the haunting landscape In for the Night. Smooth, flat brush-strokes and a quality of light and colour that glow with an ethereal spirituality transport the viewer to a world of eternal tranquility. Employing unifying analogous colour harmonies from blue to purple, Robertson evokes a mood of serenity in an austere scene where starkness is bathed in a luminous light. canvas and to create an atmosphere, which is reminiscent  

New Zealand artist Leisa Collins is now combining her activist and artistic skills under the motto of art with a message. Her website (www.leisacollins.com) stresses the importance of the artist bringing about social change and her Art in Action page includes her activities in this regard. Her website also includes an online gallery, featuring semi-abstract as well as realistic landscape and portrait works.  

It's not Michelangelo or Caravaggio; it is not horses or houses or trees by a lake. "Collaboration of Fragments," currently at the Sumter Gallery of Art, is, however, a colorful, energetic re-exploration of the impact of form and space. The show presents a positive statement about creativity and reinforces the value of art for all — as means of personal fulfillment and the joy of art as a form of creative expression.